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The outdoor specialists Blacks and Millets continue to dampen JD Sports Fashion. The retailer yesterday said it expects the division to make a “substantial” loss, as it puts on sales at the expense of margin.

JD Sports, which bought the outdoor business out of administration for £20 million in January last year, said making a profit at the division remained a “work in progress”. It said that like-for-like sales in the 18 weeks to June 8 had been positive, but did not give a figure.

The Bury-based company had said in April that the division, which made a loss of